Warli Artwork by Ramesh Hengadi
Warli Artwork
Warli Artwork by Ramesh Hengadi
Warli Artwork

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ONLINE WARLI WORKSHOP WITH Ramesh Hengadi

This workshop is now over and you can buy the recording.

The workshop was one hour class and was conducted over Zoom - adults or children above 12 years can join.

Ramesh Hengadi, a traditional Warli painting artist will guide you with the process and techniques of warli art.

Materials that you will need:

  • A4 Size plain paper (a couple of extra sheets to practice sketching). 
  • Poster colors (preferred, if you don’t have access to poster colors, you can use acrylic colors). 
  • Brushes (size 0 to size 4/5), water and palette for mixing. 
  • Black pen for outlines (not mandatory, can outline with brush and paint too)
  • Pencil and rubber for sketching

     We hope you can join us to support the arts and artists.

     

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    Artist


    Ramesh Hengadi


    “Every time I paint, I can hear the stories and songs of my forefathers that the women of my village sing even today. Every time you see a Warli painting, you must think of our legacy and the thousands of years that have gone into the development of these motifs!”

    Ramesh Hengadi has been painting since he was a child. In class 8, he participated in a painting competition by INTACH, and won first prize. This defining moment helped him realise that even though the artform he had helped the women of his village in Maharasthra make since he was young was an everyday feature for him, for the world it was an enigma.

    It has been 24 years since that day, and Ramesh continues to spread the rich legacy of the Warli tribe he belongs to. Teaching students and displaying his unique paintings across India and the world, Ramesh Hengadi believes Warli art has a bright future with hidden stories and legacies of his tribe being unravelled everyday through academic and social research.

    “Even though I and my brothers have been painting for decades and have earned a name for ourselves, we are still learning. With every motif, story, and tribal thought that goes out in the world, our nomadic history grows new wings.”



    Art Form

    Warli

     

    "THE GRAPHIC VILLAGE
    Painted tales of the Warli tribe

    As the bamboo brush dipped in white rice paste paint touches the wall, the form of a square takes shape. Palghat- The Mother Goddess symbolising fertility- rests within the square devchauk adorned as a temple in the middle of the painted village. Around the Chauk the people of the village start gathering to carry out their daily activities- women taking care of children, cleaning their homes, and churning butter, the men toil away in the fields, hunt, and spread nets to catch fish, and the children and animals play in the fields. Each figure of triangles and circles dance to the rhythm of everyday life, joining hands together to come into a spiral dance celebrating life!

    The Warli painting is a ritualistic art of the Warli tribe of northern Maharashtra, India. Made for special occassions of weddings and harvest, the artform is said to date nearly 2500 years back. The traditional wall paintings depict no mythological themes, but scenes of everyday life. The circle and triangle come from the tribe’s observation of nature, the circle representing the sun and the moon, the triangle derived from mountains and pointed trees. Only the square seems to obey a different logic and seems to be a human invention, indicating a sacred enclosure or a piece of land.

    Today, while the artform has become widely popular on cloth and paper, they look best on the walls or in the form of huge murals that bring out the vast and magical world of the Warlis. For the Warlis, tradition is still adhered to but at the same time new ideas have been allowed to seep in which helps them depict their understanding of the ever-changing world around them."

    You can get to know more warli art here. 



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    You could attend a beginner friendly live workshop (or even a masterclass if its Lippan or Pichwai you are interested in) and then join the foundations or advanced LIVE workshops. The different levels for the LIVE workshops are- Beginner, Foundations and Advancedyour store.

    Materials are not included in the masterclasses but you can order from our list of authentic art kits and materials in addition to the masterclass. For the live workshops, materials are included in some of the live workshops as part of the workshop and it would be mentioned in the workshop description.

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